Rhätische Bahn has awarded the tender to build the 5.86km Albula Tunnel II (oldest tunnel in Switzerland) to a consortium led by Porr Suisse and also including Walo Bertschinger and Società Italiana per Condotte d’acqua. The tender value of is CHF125m (£85m) and  construction is set to begin in April 2015, with the tunnelling due to...

A joint venture of Shapoorji Pallonji Mideast has won a $220 million construction contract for package 3 of Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre  project the report said. The two-year contract was awarded by Oman Tourism Development Company (Omran), reported the Muscat Daily. As per the agreement, Shapoorji Pallonji Mideast, a subsidiary of India’s Shapoorji Pallonji...

Aibel has been awarded the EPC contract for the deck of the drilling platform on the Johan Sverdrup field. The contract has an estimated value of NOK 8 billion. “The fact that Aibel has won this prestigious contract proves that we can assert ourselves in keen competition, that we have a sound implementation model and...

A consortium led by Serco Group, the international service company, has signed a contract with the Saudi Railway Company (SAR) to provide management and technical support for operations on the Gulf kingdom’s North South Railway (NSR) project. The contract, which starts immediately, has a total value to Serco of approximately £120 million ($184.4 million) over...

Target Engineering Construction Company, which maintains a strong presence in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, will be responsible for executing a variety of construction projects in the oil and gas sector. Target was awarded seven contracts totalling AED 930 million from Saudi Aramco   The three main contracts are focussed on improving Saudi Aramco’s downstream facilities. Target...

A joint venture of US based Louis Berger has won a $79-million contract from Qatar Railways Company to provide project management consultancy services for all elevated and at-grade sections of the Doha Metro project. The Doha Metro, part of the overall Qatar Integrated Railway programme, is 216 km long which is spread across four lines...

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that its joint venture, Gammon Construction, has won a HK$3.2 billion (c.£270 million) contract to build a major residential development building in Hong Kong. The project in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong includes constructing seven residential towers, ranging from 12 to 40 stories, as well as retail and...

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority has agreed a $400m (AED1.47bn) contract with German engineering giant Siemens for the expansion in its M-Station power and desalination plant in Jebel Ali. The M-Station plant, which DEWA CEO HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer described as the newest and largest power and desalination plant in the UAE, cost $2.7bn...

CH2M HILL Engineers Inc. has been awarded a contract for the Alaska LNG project. The company will provide certain pre-FEED support services for the LNG marine facilities in the Nikiski area on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. The Alaska LNG project is being progressed by the state-supported Alaska Gasline Development Corp., and affiliates of BP,...

Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has appointed Siemens to expand the M-Station power production and desalination plant at a total cost of AED1.47bn (£259m). Mott MacDonald had already been appointed as consultant for the project, which is to be be completed and delivered by 30 April 2018. The M-Station will be the largest power...

Mott  MacDonald  has won a contract to provide EPC – engineering, procurement and construction management services for the CNY850m (£88.5m) Shanghai Foxconn Plaza in China. The project for for Foxconn (Shanghai) is for a 50,000m2 plaza is located in the financial centre of Shanghai by the Huang Pu River. The building will be the headquarters...

Alec, a subsidiary of Al Jaber Group has won new contracts worth approximately Dh4 billion ($1.08 billion) in Dubai in the last three months, a report said. Residences at Marina Gate development in Dubai, Dubai Festival City Mall extension, Bvlgari Resort Hotel & Marina Village and Bluewaters Wharf Retail Project, are among the major contracts...